As the first South American energy summit finished in the third week of April in the Caribbean island of Margarita, Venezuela, participant countries agreed to set up an energy council to follow up

The Swedish government has approved a discount to motorists who switch to environment-friendly cars. The rebate of 10,000 kroner (us $1,430), which began from April 1, 2007, will continue till

the European Union (eu) and the us state of California recently announced the first-ever fuel standards to regulate greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions. On January 9, 2007, California governor Arnold

a committee set up on March 5, 2007, to investigate a toxic spill by a paint manufacturing unit in south Kashipur near Agartala, submitted its report on March 22 after failing to meet the original

China has stopped fixing annual targets for saving energy and controlling pollution. Instead, from 2007 onwards, the country will have five-year targets. The move came after the country'

We know that energy consumption in the European Union (eu) is rising everyday. Also, eu wastes at least 20 per cent of the energy it uses. The total energy production in Europe in 2004 was 2.4